Because the upcoming Season of the Malignant is Diablo 4's first Season, there's a fair amount riding on the core mechanic: Malignant Hearts.

The first season of Diablo 4, Season of the Malignant, arrives today!

Season 1, y’all.

I might stretch myself and play a Barbarian this time. Also, man, nobody told me that this sword model is finally in World of Warcraft after me literally asking for it since Wrath of the Lich King.

Season 1 of Diablo 4 is upon us soon, and with Season 1 -- along with Malignant monsters and new powerful gear -- comes the Battle Pass with all its various rewards.

These days, Diablo games are Seasonal.

Diablo 4 will be have a seasonal content rotation similar to Diablo 3's, and the game's first Season I now live, so you can jump right into Season of the Malignant!

That’s right, #TeamVanilla won this past weekend’s Splatfest, and Shiver remains rightfully at the top — and well above — Big Man and Frye for overall wins. And if you don’t know what any of that means, I have good news for you: This is The Queue, and we’re about to answer some non-Splatoon-related questions.

So without further adueue, let’s a-Queue.

Join us this week as we wildly speculate about the possible fates of our Diablo 3 characters, if the Tree of Whispers could be the soul of an imperfect world (!!), and just what exactly is that Zoltun Kulle guy up to these days?

Diablo 4 has been out for six weeks now, and players are soon starting Season 1 of the game.

Diablo 4's popularity as well as its open-ended story means that an expansion (or three) is a matter of when, not if.